US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on July 1 for "Sandwiched power take-off (PTO) for a vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,576, issued on July 1, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Sandwiched power take-off (PTO) for a vehicle" was invented by Eric Linsmeier (Larsen, Wis.) and David Fieber (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire apparatus includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a pump system coupled to the chassis and positioned at least partially behind the cab, and a driveline. The pump system includes a pump. The driveline includes a prime mover positioned beneath the cab and coupled to the chassis, a transmission, and a sandwiched power take-off unit positioned between (a) the prime mover and (b) the transmission and...